R04.1
R04.1: Hemorrhage from throat
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
R04.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for hemorrhage from throat. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check R04.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberExcludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- hemoptysis (R04.2)
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
R04.1 is named in 3 Medicare coverage policies: 3 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56631Billing and Coding: Thoracic Aortography and Carotid, Vertebral, and Subclavian Angiography
- A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
- A57204Billing and Coding: MRI and CT Scans of the Head and Neck
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Bleeding›throat
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›hypopharyngeal(throat)
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic›throat
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.